Each comprehensive high school has a science teacher on special assignment that is available for instructional coaching and planning support.

We provide release time for teachers to engage in Teaching Studios. This allows us to explore the instructional practice shifts called for in our California science framework. Through co-planning, teaching, and observing a lesson, studios allow us to conduct inquiry into the “how” behind science teaching, not just the “what”.

Science teachers are given time to work together on teams to examine student work and plan next steps with instruction. These learning communities are the core of our work to support NGSS implementation.